The Summer 2025 Transfer Window Thread

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

At the start of the window I think most of us would have been happy with 6 new signings - including 5 full internationals and a Spanish 21 year old with a great future. Selling Fab and Guedes should have been the icing on the cake.

We have replaced RAN, Cunha, Sarabia, and Semedo, plus have a second striker and a commanding central defender who can also play defensive midfield.

So in that respect the window has been a success, and should be 8/10 or even 9/10, but right now it obviously isn't.
Neither wing back seems any better than 'meh' (being generous), Arias seems lost, Lopez has only managed a few minutes, and the other two haven't played yet.

The new signings are not to blame for overall fitness issues, Agbadou and Andre not playing well, VP maybe not being as good as we hoped, for us losing our first three games, or for all 3 promoted teams having a decent start.

Feasibly it could still prove to be a decent transfer window - if Tolu and Krejci hit the ground running and the others blend in better. But very few expect all that to happen and I am not about to argue. I don't expect much from Tolu (a marginal upgrade on Munetsi), Arias probably needs a break after playing for 12 months, and there is a good chance that one or both wing back will never be prem level. Just as important as who we bought is who we didn't buy - central midfield being the obvious problem.

So, could be 8/10, could be 4/10, time will tell.

 

[Tredman]

Loaned to their B team but will train with their first team and they have an option to buy as well.

From the small samples we saw of him I really did think he’d eventually have enough to make it here. No idea why we’ve given them an option to buy.

No option to buy

 

[Tredman]

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[Lycan]

No option to buy

See that makes sense. Regular football, trains with their first team, lives somewhere where he can speak his own language.

 

[Shotbybothsides]

At the start of the window I think most of us would have been happy with 6 new signings - including 5 full internationals and a Spanish 21 year old with a great future. Selling Fab and Guedes should have been the icing on the cake.

We have replaced RAN, Cunha, Sarabia, and Semedo, plus have a second striker and a commanding central defender who can also play defensive midfield.

So in that respect the window has been a success, and should be 8/10 or even 9/10, but right now it obviously isn't.
Neither wing back seems any better than 'meh' (being generous), Arias seems lost, Lopez has only managed a few minutes, and the other two haven't played yet.

The new signings are not to blame for overall fitness issues, Agbadou and Andre not playing well, VP maybe not being as good as we hoped, for us losing our first three games, or for all 3 promoted teams having a decent start.

Feasibly it could still prove to be a decent transfer window - if Tolu and Krejci hit the ground running and the others blend in better. But very few expect all that to happen and I am not about to argue. I don't expect much from Tolu (a marginal upgrade on Munetsi), Arias probably needs a break after playing for 12 months, and there is a good chance that one or both wing back will never be prem level. Just as important as who we bought is who we didn't buy - central midfield being the obvious problem.

So, could be 8/10, could be 4/10, time will tell.

Good post.

It would have been a good window if we had got Uche, but don't think he ever wanted to come here. Its a mark of how we are perceived these days.

If Viktor had got these players in weeks before the window, he would have had chance to mould them together, as it is we feel doomed before we even start. The new players are literally thrown in at the deep end.

I hope the players are given support because anything else would be counterproductive. I understand totally the feeling towards the owners, but even now I can't help but reflect on the ownership we have had in the past. Maybe I am just too deeply scarred to be be subjective. Worst of all, the ticket prices and struggles to stay up just leave a bitter taste and the whole experience has become grinding not enjoyable. My love of Wolves will never leave me though. And we could be Derby. Maybe we soon will be.

 

[C.L.D]

Canary in the coal mine was Semedo choosing to turn down a continued captaincy role and what would have been a lucrative 4 year contract he wouldn't get elsewhere to only end up on a 2 year contract in Turkey.

Uche, Pubil, Sanchez are just the ones we've heard about this transfer window.

 

[Mel Evo]

Canary in the coal mine was Semedo choosing to turn down a continued captaincy role and what would have been a lucrative 4 year contract he wouldn't get elsewhere to only end up on a 2 year contract in Turkey.

Uche, Pubil, Sanchez are just the ones we've heard about this transfer window.

Yep. Damming inditement. In isolation you could conclude that the time taken to conclude that position knocked on to bungled recruitment behind. The CM situation though suggests such screw ups are entirely of our own making.

 

[Lycan]

The CM situation is indefensible. Whether we're 20th or 10th on Jan 1st I expect that position to be sorted ASAP.

 

[Tredman]

Should have just kept Traore and let him go on deadline day if they weren't sure.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

The CM situation is indefensible. Whether we're 20th or 10th on Jan 1st I expect that position to be sorted ASAP.

Why do you expect that?

I absolutely don't expect that at all.

How close were we to actually signing a midfielder? We had months.

 

[YoungWolf]

The CM situation is indefensible. Whether we're 20th or 10th on Jan 1st I expect that position to be sorted ASAP.

 

[YoungWolf]

Why do you expect that?

I absolutely don't expect that at all.

How close were we to actually signing a midfielder? We had months.

We will be adrift and recall Doyle due to his lack of minutes at Birmingham

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Probably not able to

 

[Mel Evo]

All good points. TBH though I don’t want Doyle or Traore here, so no problem with letting them go early. The fail to recruit is just staggering in isolation. To repeat myself, we had plenty of time before we started making ourselves unmarketable to get someone interesting with reasonable potential in as a backup / addition. It’s not building a rocket.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Should have just kept Traore and let him go on deadline day if they weren't sure.

There are just so many fucking stupid things!

 

[basher]

Aren't we hamstrung though with Traore (and others) in that there isn't a place for them in the squad due to the numbers of non homegrown players?

Or something like that...

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Aren't we hamstrung though with Traore (and others) in that there isn't a place for them in the squad due to the numbers of non homegrown players?

Or something like that...

That's true. Of our own making though obviously.

Another reason why we should have kept Doyle, I'm sure he'd have rather been 3rd choice and sat on our bench than sat on Blues bench!

 

[Tredman]

Aren't we hamstrung though with Traore (and others) in that there isn't a place for them in the squad due to the numbers of non homegrown players?

Or something like that...

We could have sent someone else out - Sasa being the obvious example.

 

[basher]

Is there even a place for Sasa now Tolu has come in?

 

[Tredman]

Any sane club wouldn't think having 3 players for 2 positions as odd.